Is This Medical Condition A Blessing Or A Curse? #shorts

[idonthavethink]

Taking “I can forgive but I can’t forget” to a whole new level. ✨

[Name-fkzk]

I’d rather have this than memory loss. I suffered from physical/emotional trauma and abuse as a child, and somehow it has affected the way my brain retains memory. I can’t hold a conversation well, I stumble over my words, I can’t recognise people if they change their appearance (e.g a simple haircut), I can’t remember names, words, lyrics, any book I’ve read etc. “What’s the word for…” is probably my most used phrase.

I used to be in the top classes at my school. My memory degraded so badly that I started failing. My relationships also degraded. I was around toxic people because I would forget the way they hurt me. I would do anything to remember. I’ve tried everything.

[harlethan]

It’s really interesting as a person suffering with a memory disability to hear about how painful it can be to just remember everything. I always thought people who had great memory’s were lucky.

[vilhonanyoka]

So does that apply to the textbook and lectures resulting in never needing to study after checking once?

[B.A.B.G.]

Actually there are some who live pretty well with that condition. An older movie actress has it and is cool with it. Others can hardly live a normal life because of it.

[Bisquit_]

"You'd never forget your mistakes!"
You underestimate my depression

[justsomeguywithtattoos]

Fun fact: every time you cringe at your past self, you're acknowledging you aren't the same person anymore, because when you did it it didn't seem cringe.
Maybe that's some consolation, for me it is.

[oliviap.]

Imagine arguing with someone with this disorder:
"Yeah, well, you told me I'm an idiot!"
"No I didn't. On 3:49 PM last Saturday on the 7th, I told you 'thats something an idiot would say' after you told me ceral is overrated becuase it gets soggy too fast"
"...we're over. Pack your things and leave"

[peachy_talisman]

a weird thing I have is that I don't completely feel pain. This sounds cool ig and it does come in handy sometimes but I've found it's really dangerous. There have been multiple times in my life where I've gotten a cut or something and had been bleeding for several minutes without even realizing. When I was a bit younger, I had a habit of sewing in my bed and then accidentally leaving the sewing needles, so I've woken up with them either in my arms or legs or punctured through my fingers more times than I'd like to admit. I get bruises and cuts constantly without being able to feel them or figure where I got them. I broke a bone once and it didn't even hurt. Pain is a necessary evolutionary trait in order to survive, so that's why not feeling it can be really bad.

[flaai]

Just studied this at school, it's actually a phisological thing to forget because of the reason you explained, it's our brain also forgets painful and sad memories, cool thing, check it out

[kdbublitz]

Parents: "What would you like for Christmas Billy? "

Billy: "...to forget. "

[talldingbat]

Along with this, dissociative disorders
Like
“Oh wow you have an entire world inside your head and you have friends in there who are there to help you with so much!”
But also you can’t remember pretty much anything
Your sense of time is completely messed up
Some alters hurt you
You get flashbacks to extreme trauma
Sometimes those friends split, fuse, or go dormant and are never truly the same
Etc

[vhp]

He didn't mention the constant splitting headaches they get. Remember how you felt when you had to memorise and cram in a whole syllabus the day before the exam? Now multiply that by a thousand to get a glimlse of how they feel 24/7

[shaw]

I can remember my last drink ever. It was on a Thursday and the weather was nice at 68°. I finished off a handle of honey Jack Daniel's back in 2019. The day was pretty uneventful besides the fact that I was not happy. It was at 11:37 in the morning when I drank for the last time. I can proudly say that I am now sober.

[tobisupersmart]

I already remember every rude thing my “friends” have done. This is why I don’t have any.

[lialia]

As a person who struggles from extreme depression and anxiety, I appreciate these comments on how to forget your past mistakes. I lay awake most nights worrying about my embarrassing moments and wondering what’ll happen to me because of them. I’ll keep reading these comments and maybe I’ll get some sleep tonight lol

[Electric_Dragon]

Its a blessing and a curse, being able to remember everything is awesome but being able to remember certain situations like trauma no matter what therapy you got would be a curse.

[Shilobotomized]

I have this, except I only remember negative experiences, it’s great

[zacha]

I feel like that’d be really good in arguments then because then you can debate everything since you remember it all

[deltaloraine]

I’ve managed to make myself forget almost all my embarrassing moments over time. Every time I would try to reminisce on it I would immediately bring my attention to something in front of me and talk about it until I completely switched gears. Over the years I couldn’t even try to dig up those memories if I wanted to. It’s been really nice not remembering them.